PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530
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choirbook
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tablebook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
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oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
5
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Language
French
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Latin
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
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hybrida
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rotonda
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Colour of Text
black
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dark brown
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light brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
often
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
embellished final barline
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littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: brown
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Number of staves: 6
Pricking frequency: none visible
Type of notation: void mensural
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Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, Muzeum Východních Čech, Knihovna, MS Hr-7 (II A 7), late 15th - early 16th century, All folios
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